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Kenichi Suemitsu
is a Japanese playwright, scriptwriter, stage director and actor represented by Watanabe Entertainment. His most notable works are the '' Stage: Touken Ranbu'' and '' TRUMP series'' stage plays. Biography Suemitsu was born in Osaka Prefecture on June 18, 1976. He initially worked as an actor in small theatres in the Kansai region. In 2002, Suemitsu formed the theatre group Peacepit, where he presented works that he wrote and directed. Works Stage productions ; TRUMP series *PEACEPIT VOL.10 "TRUMP" (2009) *PEACEPIT VOL.16 "TRINITY THE TRUMP" (2012) *Dstage12th "TRUMP" (2013) *Theatrical Women's Club Musical "LILIUM" (2014) *Patch stage vol.6 "SPECTER" (2015) *Theatrical Women's Club Musical "LILIUM" - Thanksgiving, short story "Two-flower bloom" (2015) *NAPPOS UNITED stage play "TRUMP" (2015) *PEACEPIT stage play "Grand Guignol" (2017) *Musical "Marigold" (2018) *COCOON Tsugi no Kageri (2019) *COCOON Hoshi Hitotsu (2019) ;Theater Company Patch *Patch stage vol.1 "OLIVER BOYS" (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara Prefecture to the southeast, and Wakayama Prefecture to the south. Osaka is the capital and largest city of Osaka Prefecture, and the third-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Sakai, Higashiōsaka, and Hirakata. Osaka Prefecture is located on the western coast of the Kii Peninsula, forming the western is open to Osaka Bay. Osaka Prefecture is the third-most-populous prefecture, but by geographic area the second-smallest; at it is the second-most densely populated, below only Tokyo. Osaka Prefecture is one of Japan's two " urban prefectures" using the designation ''fu'' (府) rather than the standard '' ken'' for prefectures, along with Kyoto Prefecture. Osaka Prefecture forms the center of the Keihanshin metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watanabe Entertainment
is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate and a member of the Watanabe Production Group. Company Watanabe Entertainment’s head office is in Shibuya, Tokyo and the company's principle functions include organizing television and radio programming, managing Japanese entertainers as well as hosting foreign entertainers on visits to Japan, and planning and production of various commercial and goods advertising ventures. The company is known informally as either Wanatanabe Entertainment (ワタナベエンターテインメント), Watanabe Enta (ワタナベエンタ) or simply WE. The current president of the company is Miki Watanabe (渡辺ミキ), who has been leading the company since it was created from the parent company, Watanabe Productions (渡辺プロダクション) in 2000. Current notable talents Tarento Affiliated idols are categorized here. Male * Shouri Kondou * Mickey Curtis (actor) * Yuya Endo (actor) * Masaki Kaji (actor) * Osamu Hayashi (lecturer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touken Ranbu
is a free-to-play collectible card browser video game developed by Nitroplus and DMM Games. The game was launched in Japan in January 2015, in mainland China in 2017, and worldwide in April 2021. The franchise has inspired and been adapted as four anime productions, a two separate productions of a long-running stage play series, a Kabuki theatre production, two live-action films, and a spin-off game. There are also several official comic anthologies and three manga series that use an anthology format. Gameplay Players assume the role of a who travels into the past to defeat evil forces, and has the ability to animate legendary swords, which are depicted as attractive young men. ''Touken Ranbu'' is essentially a gender-swapped clone of ''Kantai Collection'', another game by DMM, which uses moe anthropomorphism to portray historical warships as young girls. Character designs in ''Touken Ranbu'' are inspired by the type of sword they portray as well as the period of histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touken Ranbu
is a free-to-play collectible card browser video game developed by Nitroplus and DMM Games. The game was launched in Japan in January 2015, in mainland China in 2017, and worldwide in April 2021. The franchise has inspired and been adapted as four anime productions, a two separate productions of a long-running stage play series, a Kabuki theatre production, two live-action films, and a spin-off game. There are also several official comic anthologies and three manga series that use an anthology format. Gameplay Players assume the role of a who travels into the past to defeat evil forces, and has the ability to animate legendary swords, which are depicted as attractive young men. ''Touken Ranbu'' is essentially a gender-swapped clone of ''Kantai Collection'', another game by DMM, which uses moe anthropomorphism to portray historical warships as young girls. Character designs in ''Touken Ranbu'' are inspired by the type of sword they portray as well as the period of history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trump (series)
''Trump'' (stylized in all caps, short for ''True of Vamp'') is a Japanese stage play series created by Kenichi Suemitsu. It started with the first stage play running in 2009, and other plays, short stories, and concerts have since been followed. A manga adaptation with art by Hamaguri was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Ace'' from November 2020 to December 2023, with its chapters collected in five volumes. An anime television series adaptation set years after the manga by J.C.Staff titled ''Delico's Nursery'' aired from August to November 2024. Plays * ''Trump'' was originally performed on November 18–22, 2009, at the in Osaka, by the theater company . * ''Lilium'', a musical composed by , was originally performed on June 5–21, 2014, at the in Tokyo and the in Osaka, by Engeki Joshibu. Their 2015 production of ''Lilium'' was accompanied by the shorter play ''Nirin Zaki'' on August 31–September 1. * ''Specter'' was originally perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansai Region
The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropolitan region of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto ( Keihanshin region) is the second-most populated in Japan after the Greater Tokyo Area. Name The terms , , and have their roots during the Asuka period. When the old provinces of Japan were established, several provinces in the area around the then-capital Yamato Province were collectively named Kinai and Kinki, both roughly meaning "the neighbourhood of the capital". Kansai (literally ''west of the tollgate'') in its original usage refers to the land west of the Osaka Tollgate (), the border between Yamashiro Province and Ōmi Province (present-day Kyoto and Shiga prefectures).Entry for . Kōjien, fifth edition, 1998, During the Kamakura period, this border was redefined to include Ōmi a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie (website)
is a Japanese entertainment news website that debuted on February 1, 2007. It is operated by Natasha, Inc. The website is named after the song of the same name by Julio Iglesias. ''Natalie'' has been providing news for such leading Japanese portals and social networks as Mobage Town, GREE, Livedoor, Excite, Mixi, and Yahoo! Japan. It has also been successful on Twitter, with 1,510,000 followers as of February 2017, being the third-most-followed Japanese media company, after '' The Mainichi Shimbun'' and '' The Asahi Shimbun''. History Natasha, Inc., a content provider, was founded in December 2005, becoming a limited company in February 2006 and being demutualized in January 2007. On February 1, 2007, Natasha, Inc. opened its own news website ''Natalie'', named after the song "Nathalie" by Julio Iglesias. It was dedicated exclusively to music news and created with the idea of updating on a daily basis, something that newspapers could not do. The website also offered o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but has since then been used to represent all female recording artists at Up-Front Promotion. Until 2014, their songs were primarily produced by Tsunku. Hello! Project's main acts consist of Morning Musume, Angerme, Juice=Juice, Camellia Factory, Beyooooonds, Ocha Norma and Rosy Chronicle. Notable acts in the past associated with Hello! Project include Aya Matsuura, Maki Goto, Mini-Moni, W, Melon Kinenbi, Berryz Kobo, Cute, Country Girls and Magnolia Factory. Artists Yuko Nakazawa was Hello! Project's leader from April 15, 2001 to March 31, 2009. Ai Takahashi became the group's leader from April 1, 2009 to September 30, 2011. Risa Niigaki then became the leader from October 1, 2011 to May 18, 2012. After her departure, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in the United States, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in five separate regions: the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimetsu No Yaiba
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2016 to May 2020, with its chapters collected in 23 volumes. It has been published in English by Viz Media and simultaneously on the ''Manga Plus'' platform by Shueisha. It follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who joins the Demon Slayer Corps after his family is slaughtered and the sole survivor, his younger sister Nezuko, is turned into a demon, in the hopes of turning her human again and defeating the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji. A 26-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Ufotable aired from April to September 2019, with a sequel film, '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train'', released in October 2020 and became the highest-grossing anime film and Japanese film of all time. An 18-episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabeau Of Bavaria
Isabeau of Bavaria (or Isabelle; also Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1370 – 24 September 1435) was Queen of France as the wife of King Charles VI of France, Charles VI from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan. At age 15 or 16, Isabella was sent to France to marry the young Charles VI; the couple wed three days after their first meeting. Isabella was honored in 1389 with a lavish coronation of the French monarch, coronation ceremony and entry into Paris. In 1392, Charles suffered the first attack of what was to become a lifelong and progressive mental illness, resulting in periodic withdrawal from government. The episodes occurred with increasing frequency, leaving a court both divided by political factions and steeped in social extravagances. A 1393 masque for one of Isabeau's ladies-in-waiting—an event later known as ''Bal des Ardents''—ended in dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
